The EU wants to impose sanctions on further ships in the Russian shadow fleet. This is to be part of the 16th sanctions package, which the EU Commission presented to EU ambassadors for the first time on Wednesday. A further 74 tankers are to be listed. The EU has so far lagged far behind the USA, which has imposed sanctions on around 180 ships. With the shadow fleet, Russia is attempting to circumvent the oil price cap, which some EU states would like to lower below the current USD 60.